Whitney and Madison try to get together every couple of weeks (Madison is very busy) to hang out and giggle (they've been friends since kindergarten). One day they used some cheap dollar store mugs I'd bought to decorate with Sharpies and then set the ink in the oven (ala Pinterest) but the ink still smeared and it ended up being unsuccessful.
Whitney has been volunteering (i.e., shoveling manure) for 2 hours a day at Bridle Up Hope and gets to earn a riding lesson for every 10 hours she works. She's only had one lesson so far, but is up to almost 30 hours of volunteering thus far.
Landon went to Martin's Cove, Wyoming on Trek with the youth from our Stake (about 500 people). He hasn't been very forth coming with the details but the Sacrament Meeting we had after it had me doing the ugly cry, so I know it was a great experience for everyone involved.
I had my 43rd birthday and Amie had her 40th! We went out for both of them even though they're only a week apart. We had a 3.5 hour lunch for mine and then lunch and a little shopping for hers and laughed so hard that I was giggly for the rest of the day.
I've read 14 books this summer so far, including this one that we read for our July book club. It was hilarious!
We spent July 4th and the 24th at Adam and Amy's house (they have a pool!).
It has been the summer of Lola for me since I have spent 2 weeks of July (not consecutive) dog sitting and house sitting while Adam's family has been on various vacations. Staying at their house has been my vacation.
Landon wore this ensemble quite bit as he sanded and repainted the gutters and trim on the house.
I think he ended up enjoying this project as he listened to music and got into the zone.
Sadly Adam and Amy's girls have been so busy this summer they haven't spent any time here. Bella has only spent one night here the entire summer!
Betsy (my BFF from high school) and her 2 boys flew in from Michigan for 3.75 days and nights and were welcomed by this lovely porch art by Landon. (Betsy's son Emmit is in my new blog banner.)
So here we are only 5 days away from Landon's 16th birthday! and 2 weeks away from school starting. Crazy!
3 comments:
We start school In two days, on Thursday, which is just nuts to me. Whitney and Madison remind me of Luci with those Sharpies. Luci lives to get ahold of Sharpies for projects! That's great that Whitney is doing volunteer work. Luci volunteered at the pool for most of the summer and it has been really good for her. Griffin wound up at work with me way too much this summer so I'm already looking at better options for him next summer
I love catching up with your posts Jill. You did forget to mention that you sent some darling tags to some of us for our birthdays this summer. Probably because you haven't yet gotten my thank you card in the mail. They were so cute and it was very, very thoughtful of you, thank you.
I sympathize with the loss of "summer." Our days have started too early and our schedules been to busy and my kids too absent to feel like summer.
Our Pinterest inspired ceramic art didn't work either. I thought everything you read on the internet is true?!!@@## ;)
Love Landon's hard work. Hate the shirt. Soren wears them too and it is so trashy to me. Teenage boys- sigh.
Happy to see a new post! Enjoy your last days of summer.
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